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Musculoskeletal
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| fasci/o | band, fascia(fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles) |
| fibr/o | fiber, fibrous tissue |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle (visceral) |
| lumb/o | loins(lower back) |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tend/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness, debility |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
| -tomy | incision |
| flexion | decreases the angle of a joint |
| extension | increases the angle of the joint |
| adduction | moves closer to the midline |
| abduction | moves away from the midline |
| rotation | moves a bone around its axis |
| dorsiflexion | elevates the foot |
| pronantion | turns the palm hand |
| supination | turns the palm up |
| eversion | moves the sole of the foot inward |
| inversion | moves the sole of the foot outward |
| plantar flexion | lowers the foot (points the toes) |
| carp/o | carpus (wrist bones) |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix uteri (neck of the uterus) |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus(hand bones) |
| phalang/o | phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes) |
| spondyl/o | vertebra (backbone) |
| vertebr/o | vertebra (backbone) |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| calcane/o | calcaneum (heel bone) |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibul/o | fibula (smaller, outer bone of lower leg) |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| pel/i | pelvis |
| radi/o | radiation, x-ray |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| ankyl/o | stiffness; bent, crooked |
| arthr/o | joint |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| myel/o | bone marrow;spinal cord |
| orth/o | straight |
| oset/o | bone |
| -clast | to break; surgical fracture |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | binding, fixiation (of a bone or joint) |
| -malacia | softening |
| -physis | growth |
| -porosis | porous |
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jayla16
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